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Beatles don't come cheap...

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Nov 5, 2009 Updated Nov 6, 2009

As feared, record company EMI is suing a US website which it says is offering unauthorised downloads of Beatles hits.

A spokesperson for the company said that EMI had not authorised content to be sold on Bluebeat.com, which sells tracks for around 30 cents each.

Meanwhile, EMI and Apple Corps have announced they will be releasing a limited edition apple-shaped USB drive containing all 14 of the remastered Beatles albums as well as artwork, documentaries and other extras...for a whopping $400 dollars a pop.

Source: BBC News external link

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The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960 and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. The group's best-known lineup consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and...

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